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Update on Colon Cancer Screening: Recent Advances and Observations in Colorectal Cancer Screening

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There have been many recent advances and observations regarding colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. New CRC surveillance guidelines have been published to help endoscopists with the management of important clinical issues such as serrated polyps. There have been several important large studies examining the impact of endoscopic process measures such as bowel prep, withdrawal time, and adenoma detection rate on CRC screening. In addition, there have been technical advances in CT colonography including the development of exams that do not require a bowel preparation. Other new technology such as colon capsule endoscopy may aid endoscopists in the challenge of completing the evaluation of the colon in those patients with an incomplete colonoscopy. Finally, there have been large studies which examine the performance characteristics of the so-called non-invasive CRC screening tests such as fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and fecal DNA.

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Anderson, J.C., Shaw, R.D. Update on Colon Cancer Screening: Recent Advances and Observations in Colorectal Cancer Screening. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 16, 403 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-014-0403-3

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